Neckwear.



J. l. SAMUELS.

NECKWEAR.

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1 1 97,668. Patented Sept.. 12, 1916.

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My impr-avail ti@ comprisefs two enflsbc i" mili Si Q tions 10 and 11, which end sections are made from any suitable fabric, usually silk, and terminate in portions adapted to be formed into the ornamental bow or knot. These end sections are not illustrated in full, but they flo not in themselves necessarily differ from the present well known forms. shapes or materials. Instead ol having the end sections united to each other or of integral continuous construction l provide an intermediate section l2, which is of elastic material, suitably the ordinary elastic webbing of commerce. ln practice I ordinarily employ for the middle section 12 a good quality of rubber webbing four inches in length for ties to be used with collars up t0 approximately sixteen inches in circumference, while for collars of larger size the length of the elastic webbing is preferably increased, say to five inches, although the length of the elastic in all cases may be considerably varied. This elastic webbing 12 is securely sewed to the ends of the end sections 10 and` l1, and in this connection it is pointed out that the material of the tie available for ornament and display is thus increased to the extent of the intermediate section.

0n the normally outer side of the end sections, as shown in Fig. 5, I provide a pair of hooks .14, securely sewed upon the material, these hooks being so spaced from each other. and from the elastic middle section that when the tie is normally between the folds A and B of the collar C, preparatory to forming the ornamental knot, the hooks are say about an inch from the edges 15 respectively of the collar and are between the collar folds. lV hen the wearer now desires to forni the knot he first draws upon the end sections 10 and 11, preferably grasping these portions at places thereon close to the collar. elongating or stretching the elastic and causing the hooks 14. to engage holdingly the edges 15 respectively of the collar, as shown iu Fig. 1. The end sections 10 and Il may thereupon be tied or knotted as desired, the fact that the tie is held securely and ineferably well down toward the bottom of the collar bv the hooks 14 allowing the wearer notable freedom for this purpose. Having formed the ornamental bow or knot the wearer grasps the end portions 1() and 11 with thumb and finger in the vicinity of the hooks lfl or simply grasiis the lower or inner part of the four-in-hand drawing same downward, and thus easily relea' the hooks 14 from the edges 15 respectively. Thereupon the elastic 12 draws the bow or knot well up against the collar, taking up any excess material in the tie there and causing the tie to fit snugly andfirmly where it desired to be, and at the seme tune drawing the front cnd portions of the collar toward each other, causing the collar itself to t snugly about the wearer`s neck and maintaining both the collail and the cravat in nicely fitting relation.

I employ with the above described structure the additional feature of a hook, as lo, preferably of the forni shown in Fig. 7, this hook being securely sewed, as through the opening 17, upon and substantially midway between the ends of the elastic section 12. Inr a tie embodying such a hook the use of a button at the back of the wearerls neck for securing the collar to the collar band may be dispensed with, the portion 18 of the hook 1b' may be passed first through the rear buttonholeI of the collar and then through the buttonhole in the neckband l) of the shirt E, the projecting parts 1S) of the hook being adapted to provide security against casual separation of the parts, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Such a hook has the additional and important function ot maintaining the cravat against lateral movement when the hooks 14 are being made to engage the edges 15 respectively of the collar, and also to prevent such lateral movement after the ornamental knot has been formed and the hooks 14 are released. The hook lo, being provided with the relatively large opening 20, accommodates the head and stem of a co1- lar button in instances where it may be desired by the wearer to use a collar button in the usual way, the portion 1S of the hook first being passed into the buttonhole of the collar as hereinabove described.

The modified form of rear hook shown in Fig. 8 is not adapted for use with a collar button, but I find the same highly advantageous where it is desired to dispense with the use of a collar button at the back. Its application to the section 12 and to the collar and neckloand buttonholes is the same as that of the hook .16.

VWhile I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of these improvements, modifications of the same may be made within the spirit of the invention, and I contemplate all such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a tie or r'ravat, of a hook secured rigidly thereon adapted to pass through the buttonhole of the collar at the rear thereof, said hook being adapted to maintain said'cravat in a relatively fixed position with respect to such collar.'

Q. The combination with a tie or cravat, of a hook secured rigidly thereon adapted to pass through the buttonhole ot' the collar at the rear thereof, said hook being adapted to .maintain said cravat in a relatively lixed position with respectto such collar, said ook being formed to accommodate a stem 1Lton when such button is in the neeli'band the nearer-s shirt and 1? isses through the buttonhole of the collar.

3. An article of neckwear comprising two end sections of fabric adapted to be worn upon a collar and to be formed into a bow, knot 0r the like, a section of elastic material intermediate said end sections and secured thereto respectively, means on said elastic section for holding the same securely in substantially fixed relation to the collar about the rear buttonhole thereof and at a place on said elastic section intermediate the ends thereof, and means for releasably holding said end sections in substantially fixed relation to the front of the collar with said elastic in stretched condition.

4'. An article of neckwear comprising two end sections of fabric adapted to be worn upon a collar and to be formed into a bow, knot or the like, a section of elastic material intermediate said end sections and secured Vthereto respectively, a hook secured to said elastic section intermediate its ends and adapted to pass through the rear buttonhole of the collar, and means on said end sections respectively adapted to engage respective portions of the collar on W'nich the article is worn and thereby maintain said elastic section in a stretched or elongated condition while the bow, knot or the like is being formed. i

5. An article of neckwear comprising two end sections of fabric adapted to be formed into a bow, knot or the like, and a section of elastic material intermediate said end sections and secured thereto respectively, a hook on said elastic section adapted to pass through the rear button-hole of the wearers collar, a hook on each of said end sections adapted to engage a portion of a collar with which the article is adapted to be worn and thereby to hold the article thereon with said middle portion stretched or distended, said hooks being releasable after the bow, knot or the like is formed.

JOSEPH I. SAMUELS.

Witnesses:

MILTON T. MILLER, M. M. KRIESAND. 

